Spectacles.



J J SAVOIE.

SPBGTAOLES. APPLIOATION 1ILED JULY 14, 1908.

91 5,487, Patented Mar. 16, 1909. v I 'r /NVENTURI TQSQQR @oac 6x2 WITNE55E5 dent of Central Falls,

or rimless lenses, and it'conslsts, essentially,-

ranged bendable res ends ofsaid'holding wires,

. of remova ly securing the inner end of ments in Spectacles, ofwhich the to owing the lens being omitted.

" .srArss PATENT ossi g,

JOSEPH EDWARD C. GLINES,

SAVOIE, OF CENTRAL FALLS, RHODE ISLAND, 'ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH .TO

OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, AND ONE-FOURTH TO NAPO- LEON HERBERT, OF CENTRAL FALLS, RHODE ISLAND.

SPECTACDES.

To all wnma may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH Savors, a sub.- j'ectof the King of GreatLBritain, and a resiin the count of Provil dence and State of Rhode Islan have invented certain new and useful I roveis a" specification. a .4

' Mv' invention relates to improvements in spectacles, but more particularly, however, to the class of spectacles having framelessof' a pair of spectacles having the centra nose-piece or-bridge uniting the lenses thereof provided with a air of oppositely ariiient holding wires, as the may be termed, and; a pairof temple or ow members jointed to the outer free all as more fully hereinafter set forth and claimed.

' The object Ihave in view is to provide spectacles with a simple, light, inexpensive and efficient device capable of being quickly and easily bent or positioned so as to place the lenses at the desired distance with respect to the eyes of the wearer, and at'the same time have the spectacles adapted to be readily attached to or disconnected from the head.

In the accompany'ng sheet of drawings; Figure l represents a front view ofa pair of frameless spectacles embodying my improvement, one of the bows being only partly shown. Fig.2 is a correspondin top plan view, the bows-being indicated y dotted Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed my 14,.1soa. Serial No. maao.

'to form an o ening h The two members, 0,

lines. Fi 3 is a front elevation, on enlarged' sca e, showing-a portion of the nosepiece. Fig. 4 is a corresrionding top view, ig. 5 1s .a side or end view corresponding with Fig. 3., Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view, taken on line x-a: of Fi 4, and also showing the mannler t e holding-wire to the rear lug or ear of the nose-piece, and Fig. 7 is a plan view, still further enlarged, showing the form of the i said end ortion of the holding-wire.

Thefollowing is a more detailed description of the invention;

Adesignates apair of .spectacles provided latented March 16, 1909.

with my improvement. The lenses '1 are or may be frameless, substantially like the well-known eye-glasses. The two lenses are umted by a suitable-noseiece or bridge B- of metal, as gold .orplate stock. The tie port on roper,,b, terminates at each end in apair 0 laterally separated ears 0 and the vertically extendmglcurved members e, constructed substantia y as usual The inner end otthe lens is inserted between said ears until its edge bears snugly against the face of the said curved members e, after which a screw (1 is passed through the front ear-and the adjacent portion of the lens and screwed into the back ear, thus securing the lens to the nose-piece. Each end of the nose-piece extends rearwardly ast said ear portion and forms a short neck'd terminating in the hub or lug member f. This latter, as drawn, is counterb-ored (Figs. 4 and 6) at the top end to produce arecessed seat or socketh having the circumscribingrim or flange cut away I communicating with the socket. he cenikz rof the hub is tapped to receive a screwa which I have termed holding wlres, consist each of a piece of tlnn,

light, resilient and bendable wire. having its inner or lower end flattened structed to form a foot (1 (Fig. 7) adapted to be fitted into the said socket h and opening h. .A screw a passing downwardly through the hole a of the part a and screwed into the hub serves to firmly maintain the holding wire in position both longitudinally and laterally. As thus devised the screw itself is less accidentally loosened but may be readily removed when desired. I prefer to bend the holding wire a to theapproximate curvature of the upper part of the lens and to osition it in a plane substantially paralle with the latter, or at a slight angle therewith, as shown in Fig. 2. The free end of the holdin wire extends beyond the outer end of the lens and above the median line of the latter, and as shown terminates in an eye or small loop m carrying a link m,- which in turn passes through an eye 0 of the light wire bow 0. The latter or otherwise conliable .to become I bending the rear 1 practically contact with the may be bent, as indicated at 0 0 so as to pass over an'd back of the ear of the wearer. As thus constructed the connection practically constitutes a universal therespective ends of the bridgg) substan-' tially as shown in Fig. 1 and a o laterall as shown in Fig. 2 so as to adjust-and.pos1- tion the lenses'with relation to the eyes,-

thereby not only placing them at the proper distance from the eyes but at the same tlme causing the plane of the lenses to stand at substantially right angles to the normal line of vision; this is followed by correspondingly ortion of the bows 0, which ass over an engage the back of the ears of the wearer, thus holding the spectacles in place. It may be added that by reason of my improvement the lenses of the spectacles are maintained in the said properly adjusted relation and position at all times because they move bodily with the movements of the head without any change or variation. The holding wires a are bent so as not to interfere at all with vision because, as shown in Fig. 1, each wire normally conforms to the up er periphery of its lens Z, the latter as usual being materially larger than the curvature of the upper eye-lid and adapted to lie above the edge of the eye-lid even when the latter is opened to its normal limit. The wires a are when in use ada ted to lie laterally between the lenses l and the respective eyes of the wearer and do not very slightly, gage or dlstance members for insuring the proper relative distance between the front of the eyes and the face of the lenses Z; the bows 0 at the same time maintaining the spectacles themselves in osition u on the head. It may be added t at with t e exercise of ordinary care the said adjustment of the wire members a and '0 remains practicallv unaffected after they are first bent by the optician to adapt the spectacles to the user.

It is obvious, however, that it is a com-- paratively easy and simple matter for an optician to readjust the said members if desired. Thus it will be obvious that when the several members. are as just stated, the distance between the back joint, thus .per mitting the bow 0 to be readily swung to any eye-lids, except thus also constituting resilient,

properly adjusted,

I claim as my invention and desire .to secure by United States Letters Patent,-

1. As an improved article of manufacture, frameless spectacles having the two lenses thereof united at their inner ends by a noseiece or bridge, a pair of oppositely disposed endable resilient holdin said nose-piece adapted when in use. to lie between the lenses and the eyes of the wearer and suitably shaped bow members jointed to the outer ends of said holding wires.

2. As an improved article of manufacture the frameless spectacles substantially as herein described, the same consisting of a pair of oppositely disposed lenses, a central nose-piece having the lenses secured thereto and provided with rearward In S or ears, a pair of resilient holding wires ed in said ugs each extending outwardly therefrom in a curved form past the corresponding lens so as not to obstruct the vision of the user, and a temple-bow or analogous means joint ed to the free end of the wire.

3. In -s ectacles of the character described, t frameless lenses, and a central nose-piece having said lenses mounted therein, of suitably bent resilient holding idly secured to the rear portion of piece and extendin outwardl a plane. substantia the lenses, and means connected with the free ends of said holding wires adapted when in use to engage the head of the wearer, for the purpose set forth. p

4. In spectacles of the character described, the combination of the nose-piece having integral rearwardly extending lugs or ears each having a recessed upper seat or socket and a lateral o ening communicating therewith, a bent res' 'ent holding'wire havthe nosetherefrom in ing an end thereof fitted in said seat and lateral opening, and means for removably. securing the said holding wire to said'lug.

, .5. In spectacles, a pair of frameless lenses, a member-interposed between and connecting the inner ends of said lenses, oppositely disposed bendable elements located at the rear of the lenses and secured to-said confleeting j ointe elements, both the latter and the temple connections being bent and arranged with relation to one another so'that. when in use the spectacles are kept in position and the lenses g wires secured to of a pair wires ngy paralle with that of member, and temple connections to the outer ends of said bendable maintained at a predetermined distance from the eyes of the wearer.

6. In a pair of spectacles provided with a central bridge member adapted to rest upon bendable members a secured to said bridge of July, 1908. member and extending in a curved form at the nose of. the rvearer, and a pair of lenses hereinbefore described and for the, purposesecured to said brid e, the combination 'set forth.- v 1o therewith of a pair 0 oppositely disposed Signed at Providence, 1., this 13th day JOSEPH SAVOIE. the rear of and at a suitable distance from Witnesses: the lenses, and bows jointed to the outer 'GEO. H. REMINGTON, ends of said members -a-, substantially as V. SAVOIE. 

